Moving Along!
Casey is now 38 weeks pregant and things are going really well. She is 3 centimters dialated. Has had some contractions but nothing amazing yet. She actually is in the Day Spa having a massage.
The Day Spa is really looking and working great. We did some more fine tuning and have some paying guests over the next few days. Megan is excited and so are we! The dry run I just experienced was great, all I missed out on was the foot soak part.
Once my Dad is here next week I think we will knock out the second room in a day. The cupboard doors in another day. Then get stuck in the widows walk if weather permits. That really needs to be done as I want it sealed for winter. Brian’s cronies did a crap job ont he vent pipes, as one of the tops had blown off. It didn’t take much to stick a screw in in to hold it on.
So everything is going really well! We are all set for the baby. Our friends are in place if it comes sooner ratehr than later.
We are off this afternoon for some more last minute items to fine tune the day spa.
My Blog is Six Years Old Today!
I just worked out that my blog is 6 years old today! From Blogger to Movable Type to WordPress.
I started off with this post:
Sunday, August 25, 2002
Well here it is my Blog. I saw Evan speak at Gnomedex 2002. Blogging was something I had wanted to get into but had never had the time. So here is the first post of my first blog. My mind is racing with other ideas that came out of the conference, and meeting so many people. I have to jot some of them down in a more private place though!
BOB Baby Stroller
The baby helped buy herself a BOB Revolution stroller today. It was on sale ($80 off!) and she in theory used her gifted money from the baby shower. we also got the convertor so her infant car seat can slot in.
It is a big investment for a baby, and hopefully she passes it on to her future siblings, Billy-Bob and Bobby-John.
How to make a Moffee
As we all know Casey, my beautiful and pregnant wife, loves coffee. However as a pregnant lady she limits her coffee intake. So she came up with a substitute and I make her one most mornings (unless she beats me to it). I decided to give it a name, a Moffee.
The Moffee is a mock coffee. You start with an almost full mug of milk. Heat that up, then add a squirt of the real thing, coffee. Add sugar, vanilla or coffee flavorings to taste.
Sand in the City
I have been helping the BECU team with the Sand in the City event (fundraiser for The Hands on Children Museum). Our best friends Abby and Katie were on the team with Abby being the team leader. Our theme was “Los tin a book” and the book was Dr Seuss themed.
Somehow I got canoodled in to helping build the forms, which was an interesting learning experience. I definately would create them a little different when stacking was required. It is probably the most labor intensive part of the build after the compacting of the sand.
During the practise I was actually pretty good at carving the wood planks for the crate. So I volunteered for that, but ened up with carving Thing One and Thing Two. Not my choice but I ended up learning quite a bit. Three master sculptures giving slightly differing opinions both helped and hurt the effort. In the end I was impressed with what I achieved and the team completed. It looked great!
Then last night we joined the team for food and drinks at the Sand Blast Gala. The live music and free drinks drove everyone in to a drunken friendly fun-fest. Apologies to Kathryn for dosing her in beer, but I really thought was asking for it. My punishment was a slight hangover this morning. Pretty lame really seeing i had only had 3 generous glasses of wine.
Most important however is the fact that the event is the biggest fundraiser for the Hands on Children’s Museum. It looked like a big success!
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Who is NetBloke?
Struth! That's a good question mate! - Well I am NetBloke. That means NetBloke is me. Oh yeah and I am Nathan, Nathan Allan. I suppose you want a bit more info than that though! - NetBloke was an idea I had a long time ago but it has taken me a good two or three years to do something about it. The concept is based on the fact that I work with the Internet and that I am Australian. Do you see it? NetBloke. Ok? Spell it out a bit more for you? Well the 'Net' comes from Internet and the 'Bloke' is an Australian slang term for a male.
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